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The Democrats are chanting that Republicans must fully fund Obamacare because it is the law of the land, passed by Congress, signed by the president, and upheld by the Supreme Court. Therefore, they say, it must be obeyed and can’t be altered by Republicans who want to defund it. That argument is both wrong and hypocritical. Any federal law can be changed, repealed, amended or defunded by our legislative branch of government, Congress. The Republican House wants to deal with the controversial huge “continuing resolution” bill in separate pieces, giving the OK to worthwhile federal spending purposes while leaving others...

"Do you agree with the decision by Capitol Police to remove activist Cindy Sheehan from the gallery at the president's State of the Union speech because she was wearing a T-shirt with an antiwar slogan?" -------------------------------------------- Actually was alerted to this on Daily Chaos, where someone said "Freep this poll!" What's the old cliche? "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"? ;-)

Great Grandmother Says Police Zapped Her With Taser A great grandmother claims she was shot with a taser as many as five times in the lobby of a local police department. Beverly Kidwell, 68, has filed a federal lawsuit against Franklin Police. Kidwell says she was at the police department checking on her granddaughter in April 2004. Court records show that Kidwell's granddaughter was there accusing Kidwell of domestic violence, stemming from an incident earlier that day. Kidwell says she grew tired of waiting, and wanted to leave. She says Lt. Wayne Bowling appeared, telling her "there may be" charges...